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Order of Business. (2 Mar 2005)

Jimmy Deenihan: When will the Abbotstown sports campus development authority Bill be published? When will repairs be carried out on the roof of the National Aquatic Centre? It took a year to build and it will take five months to repair a hole in the roof. The Taoiseach might intervene personally in the matter.

Prohibition of Ticket Touts Bill 2005: First Stage. (2 Mar 2005)

Jimmy Deenihan: I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to render it unlawful for any unauthorised person to sell or offer for sale tickets for major sporting, musical or theatrical events for a price in excess of the officially designated price.

Prohibition of Ticket Touts Bill 2005: First Stage. (2 Mar 2005)

Jimmy Deenihan: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."

Written Answers — Violence Against Women: Violence Against Women (1 Mar 2005)

Jimmy Deenihan: Question 140: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if progress has been made regarding improvement of the forensic medical examination services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6524/05]

Written Answers — Violence Against Women: Violence Against Women (1 Mar 2005)

Jimmy Deenihan: Question 141: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she intends to re-examine funding for the rape crisis centres; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6525/05]

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (1 Mar 2005)

Jimmy Deenihan: Question 298: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the entitlements due to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry under the single payments scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6881/05]

Overseas Missions. (1 Mar 2005)

Jimmy Deenihan: Question 90: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will reform the triple lock mechanism which governs the deployment of contingents of the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6741/05]

Written Answers — Accident and Emergency Services: Accident and Emergency Services (24 Feb 2005)

Jimmy Deenihan: Question 94: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her plans for improved accident and emergency services at Kerry General Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6407/05]

Written Answers — Single Payment Scheme: Single Payment Scheme (24 Feb 2005)

Jimmy Deenihan: Question 143: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will qualify for single payment entitlements from the 2005 national reserve; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6414/05]

Dormant Accounts (Amendment) Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed). (24 Feb 2005)

Jimmy Deenihan: I am glad to have an opportunity to speak on this Bill. As someone who is involved in at least ten voluntary organisations, I am aware of the value of the funds available from various sources for voluntary and community initiatives throughout the country, particularly in north Kerry. Deputy Mulcahy queried Opposition speakers' questioning of the integrity of Ministers' expenditure of public...

Dormant Accounts (Amendment) Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed). (24 Feb 2005)

Jimmy Deenihan: They could. It is no harm to circulate that message, but if the fund is spent in two or three years how can the account holders be given back their money?

Dormant Accounts (Amendment) Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed). (24 Feb 2005)

Jimmy Deenihan: There is a reserve. I refer to this Bill as it now stands, bearing in mind that it has been changed, and I do not want to indulge in any criticism apart from clarifying a few matters raised by Deputy Mulcahy. I have been speaking about the general disbursement of funds and the Minister of State has been very open in this regard. If I had one criticism about how the fund was distributed, it...

Dormant Accounts (Amendment) Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed). (24 Feb 2005)

Jimmy Deenihan: That may be why I am saying this, but I do not know how much came from the dormant accounts in Kerry. The case was made that people who collected this money, through business or whatever, did so in the local community, so it should return there. The Minister of State published the report of the Joint Committee on Arts, Sport, Tourism, Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs, entitled...

Dormant Accounts (Amendment) Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed). (24 Feb 2005)

Jimmy Deenihan: The Minister of State might clarify that because they should. All funds should fall under the remit of his Department for dispersal to voluntary groups. The problem for organisations is that there are so many sources of funding. I know the Minister of State intends to streamline that, which would be very helpful because some people do not know where to go for funding. If it was all under the...

Radon Gas Levels. (23 Feb 2005)

Jimmy Deenihan: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for allowing me raise this matter on the Adjournment. The Radiological Protection Institute of Ireland found during the course of a national survey, published in 1999, that in parts of County Kerry, particularly the Tralee and Castleisland areas, there were inordinate levels of the potentially dangerous radioactive gas, radon. In July 2003 a test carried out by the...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (23 Feb 2005)

Jimmy Deenihan: Question 71: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the welfare traps that are associated to the one parent family payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6089/05]

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (22 Feb 2005)

Jimmy Deenihan: Question 293: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when a decision on the application by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry to be considered as a new entrant-inheritance under the single payment scheme will be made; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5749/05]

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (22 Feb 2005)

Jimmy Deenihan: Question 348: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will sanction an extension of school transport for a school (details supplied) in County Kerry to facilitate 12 children as outlined in a memo sent by Bus Éireann, Tralee, to head office on 10 November 2003; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5952/05]

Written Answers — Election Management System: Election Management System (22 Feb 2005)

Jimmy Deenihan: Question 364: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the warranties on the electronic voting machines have now expired; the open market value of the machines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5634/05]

Disability Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (22 Feb 2005)

Jimmy Deenihan: A large number of people, including myself, attended a meeting in the RDS on 8 February to discuss this Bill. Most contributors were incensed by the content of the Bill which they were convinced confers no real rights on people with disabilities. They were also very annoyed — some speakers were outraged — at the Government's intention to push through the legislation without consulting the...